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The Good, The Bad, and The First Year in Graduate School
Welcome new Gauchos! You are joining a top-ranked university with over 3,000 graduate students who are conducting cutting-edge research locally and around the world. As you enter the first year in...
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How Surfing Prepared Me for Graduate School
It looked like a typical day at the beach—the sun was shining, the ocean was calm. I waxed my surfboard, tied the leash to my ankle, sprinted toward the ocean, and dove right in. I paddled as fast as...
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Orientation Guide for New Students
Welcome new graduate students! The Graduate Division has planned an exciting and engaging orientation program to help you get acquainted with all of the resources and services available to you on...
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UCSB’s International Grad Student Orientation Day Draws 150 Students from 35...
International students gather in Girvetz Theater for Graduate International Student Orientation. Photos by Patricia Marroquin Students enjoy a continental breakfast at Girvetz Hall. “Welcome to this...
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Meet Your Graduate Students Association Executives
The Graduate Students Association represents all graduate students at UCSB. Read on for more about this year's Executive Committee. For more on what the GSA does, see We Love GSA. Mario Galicia Jr....
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Friday Breakfast Break in the Graduate Student Resource Center
The GradPost and Graduate Student Resource Center staff invite you to the GSRC for coffee, tea, and breakfast treats on Friday, October 5 any time between 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. Stop by to meet Mario...
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Graduate Student Orientation Resources
Thank you to all of our new graduate students who attended Graduate Student Orientation last week. We asked all of our presenters to give us their best tips on video and we compiled them, along with...
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17 ARC/Sally Casanova Scholars Participate in a Successful 8-Week Summer Program
Some of the 17 ARC/Sally Casanova scholars pose with Graduate Division staff: Walter Boggan, top right; Roxanna Quach, lower right; and Mario Galicia, center foreground. Photo credit: Dr. Anna Everett...
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Congratulations to our Switzer Environmental Fellow!
Congratulations to Brian Haggerty for winning a fellowship from the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation. Brian, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, has...
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Title IX Anniversary Kick-Off Event Is Oct. 15
The Title IX 40th Anniversary Planning Committee and its sponsors are pleased to announce a two-week celebration to commemorate the anniversary of Title IX being signed into law.Intercollegiate...
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UCSB Grad Alum Leroy Chiao Reflects on 2 Endeavors: a Daredevil’s Feat and a...
In recent days, our heads have been in the clouds. We have seen NASA’s fifth and final space shuttle, Endeavour, retire nearly two decades after its first mission. To the cheers, tears, and gasps of...
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Apply for Funding to Host Alumni-Related Career Events
Art History alumni talk about careers (Photo Credit: Sophia Quach McCabe)The Graduate Division invites all graduate students to plan events to bring alumni back to campus to talk about career topics....
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Messages from Chancellor Yang and Governor Brown to Campus Community
A Register to Vote banner hangs in the Student Resource Building. Credit: Patricia MarroquinThe GradPost would like to pass along the following messages from UCSB Chancellor Henry T. Yang as well as...
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Safety, Vigilance Are the Focus During This Halloween Season
The UCSB Campus Advocacy, Resources & Education (CARE), formerly Rape Prevention and Education Program, encourages all Gauchos to be vigilant about their safety, particularly during this Halloween...
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Election Message to the Campus Community from UC President Mark Yudof
Editor's note: UCSB Chancellor Henry T. Yang and UC President Mark G. Yudof have disseminated the following messages to our campus community: Dear Colleagues and Students, President Yudof has asked me...
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Peer Mentoring: Grad Students Discuss the Challenges and Rewards (Part 1)
The definition of “mentor” is a wise and trusted teacher or counselor, someone who shares their knowledge and wisdom with a colleague who is less knowledgeable. The definition implies that the mentee...
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Elections Letter from Graduate Students Association
The Graduate Students Association Executive Committee would like to share the following letter about the upcoming elections with you. You may also view the PDF version of the GSA Voter Letter.
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Friday Breakfast Break in the Graduate Student Resource Center
The GradPost and Graduate Student Resource Center staff invite you to the GSRC for coffee, tea, and breakfast treats on Friday, November 2 any time between 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. Stop by to meet your peer...
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A Day in the Life of Marcus Cuellar
This quarter's first installment of our series "A Day in the Life" features Marcus Cuéllar. Marcus is an incoming graduate student in the Latin American and Iberian Studies program. Please read Marcus'...
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